{"slug":"buying-before-or-after-a-stock-split","qid":"forward_split_ratios","label":"Most-used forward split multipliers, last ten years","post_title":"Buying Before or After a Stock Split","post_url":"/blog/buying-before-or-after-a-stock-split#q-forward_split_ratios","columns":["shares_per_old_share","split_count","pct_of_forward_splits"],"rows":[{"shares_per_old_share":"2x","split_count":638,"pct_of_forward_splits":16},{"shares_per_old_share":"1.01x","split_count":526,"pct_of_forward_splits":13.2},{"shares_per_old_share":"1.02x","split_count":454,"pct_of_forward_splits":11.4},{"shares_per_old_share":"1.03x","split_count":297,"pct_of_forward_splits":7.4},{"shares_per_old_share":"3x","split_count":284,"pct_of_forward_splits":7.1},{"shares_per_old_share":"1.05x","split_count":250,"pct_of_forward_splits":6.3},{"shares_per_old_share":"5x","split_count":201,"pct_of_forward_splits":5},{"shares_per_old_share":"4x","split_count":187,"pct_of_forward_splits":4.7},{"shares_per_old_share":"1.04x","split_count":157,"pct_of_forward_splits":3.9},{"shares_per_old_share":"1.1x","split_count":147,"pct_of_forward_splits":3.7}],"shape":"ranking","sql":"WITH forward AS (\n    SELECT\n        execution_date,\n        ticker,\n        round(toFloat64(any(split_to)) / toFloat64(any(split_from)), 2) AS mult\n    FROM global_markets.stocks_splits\n    WHERE execution_date >= today() - 3650\n      AND execution_date <= today()\n    GROUP BY execution_date, ticker\n    HAVING mult > 1\n)\nSELECT\n    concat(toString(mult), 'x')                           AS shares_per_old_share,\n    count()                                               AS split_count,\n    round(100.0 * count() / (SELECT count() FROM forward), 1) AS pct_of_forward_splits\nFROM forward\nGROUP BY mult\nORDER BY split_count DESC\nLIMIT 10","computed_at":"2026-10-08T15:24:19.298591+00:00","elapsed":0.271692146}